JOLLIFICATIONS

It was about ten days ago that our restaurant was particularly full at midday; latecomers had difficulty in finding a place for their vehicles in the parking lot. The main group leaving the courts after their usual two hours of doubles is now named 'Cosmo' I hear:  quite a joyful crowd!

A much smaller group, that we may call the 'Buter-Dikken' players, started off on the lower terrace with apéritifs & with the desire to celebrate the birthday of one of their number. This sporting gentleman came to us last year from Canada, & thoroughly enjoys our privileged climate; so he is encouraged to stay longer with us, not only through the good tennis, but by being offered a special headgear. Also, to aid the merriment, his friends attempted to surround him with floating soap bubbles. Anton is seen in the next photo starting his contribution.

Wolfgang followed this more successfully from the other side, as you see in my next photo.

I'm unable to explain the sudden sad expression on Adrian's face, for as you can see, his 'hat' is rather a lightweight affair.  Anyway he quickly returned to his usual happy demeanor, with the help of a glass of rosé. And then of course up the steps everyone to those beautifully set tables, & those tasteful 'plats du jour' and those delicious 'desserts'.  Here are photos of some of the participants at table.

One or two other items of news: 

The friendly masseur, Claudio who several of you met during the summer tells me he will be here again from 30th October to the 10th November inclusive. You may reserve a session as before through the details I gave in an earlier post. Here is a link to his website.

If you need tennis lessons, I have just posted photos of three of our teachers, with their mobile numbers on my other tennis website.

Good luck in your next matches;  and come to support our teams playing against other clubs - tomorrow the 14th, & the following Sundays.

à bientôt !